By Anne Brodie Jack Kerouac, his landmark book On the Road and the Beat era came before me, and was not a topic of conversation. But his legacy roars back to life in Ebs Burnough’s impressive doc Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation, a well-made collage of reminiscences those who knew him and …
Naked Gun! Ed Sullivan! Servile Love and a Musical Genius!
By Anne Brodie The Naked Gun stars the oh so serious actor Liam Neeson as Det. Frank Drebin – a head scratcher- until we see how much fun the Irish brooder is having playing the role originated by Leslie Neilson back in 1988. Both actors smashed their dramatic images to smithereens in playing the …
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Love’s Expectations, Love Letters, Love Compromised & More
By Anne Brodie Can’t remember the last time a film made me feel queasy and then Oh, Hi! happened. Sophie Brooks’ unflinching look at love and cruelty stars Molly Gordon as fun loving but intense Iris. She’s dating Isaac (Logan Lerman) an easy-going charmer ; theyre spending their first …
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From one Extreme to Another This Week is Mad! In a Good Way.
By Anne Brodie Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight is a sad reminder of the evils of colonialism and how racists are created. Lexi Venter is seven-year-old Bobo, the white Rhodesian child of a solider and a homemaker (Embeth Davidtz who also wrote, directed and produced the film with Trevor Noah) …
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How About Something French and Twisted? Here You Go!
By Anne Brodie Under a Dark Sun concerns Alba Mazier (Ava Baya) a frantic French woman, hardened by life, escaping a lover under cover of night with her young son Leo (Max Harter); the abuser threatens them with violence as they screech away into the dark hills. He’d taken all her money so she …
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